A rally and protest demonstration were held in Quetta by the family of Abdul Hay Baloch to voice their opposition to his forced disappearance.
On Tuesday, the family of Dr. Abdul Hai Baloch, a resident of Awaran, organized a rally starting from the University of Balochistan. The procession made its way through various roads and reached the Quetta Press Club, where the relatives of the missing individuals expressed their grievances.
The rally saw significant participation, including relatives of other forcibly disappeared persons. The demonstrators carried photographs of the missing individuals and chanted slogans condemning the forced disappearances.
During the rally, Bakhtawar Baloch, the sister of Dr. Abdul Hai Baloch, addressed the crowd, saying that her brother was forcibly disappeared by Pak Army forces on June 1, 2024. She said that despite three months having passed, there has been no information regarding his whereabouts.
Bakhtawar Baloch highlighted that her brother is an occupied-government employee working as an OT operating assistant at Awaran District Hospital. She said that the Pakistan security forces have abducted him from his clinic and demanded that if there are any allegations against him, he should be presented in court. She further demanded that if there are no charges, her brother should be released to spare the family further distress.
Additionally, the protest included relatives of other individuals who have been victims of forced disappearances in Pak-occupied-Balochistan. They called on the occupied-authorities and officials to bring their loved ones back into the public eye.
The protesters also criticized the Pak Army’s offer of monetary compensation in exchange for the recovery of their loved ones, describing it as an insult to their suffering. They have been struggling for years for the return of their missing family members and urged the occupied-authority to provide justice if it cannot offer anything else.